Saturday, 19 January 2008

Challenge Charlie drawn by Frank Mc Diarmid

From Valiant and Lion came a character called Challenge Charlie drawn by Frank Mc Diarmid (Boy Boss, Cheeky)This was based on Dare a day Davywhich had originally been drawn by Ken Reid in Pow comic mid 60's.See my fansite on Ken here

3 comments:

spyguy
said...

FRANK MCDEARMID was a really good KEN REID 'ghoster, PETER......at first, glance, I honestly thought that this was KEN'S work.........FRANK also ghosted 'DANDY'S ' 'BIGHEAD and THICKHEAD' after KEN left to work at ODHAMS with LEO BAXENDALE.

I really thought it was Ken's work as well on Bighead and Thickhead in the later years...so it just shows he did his job. He also drew My Home town page late 60's in The Dandy which the reader sends in.I'll will be showing more of Franks work another time. Thanks for your comments...

FRANK MCDIARMID also contributed 2 other very 'cartoony' strips for IPC in the early 70s: 'CRUNCHER' [about an extremely ravenous termite] ---also, 'LUNCHEON VULTURE' [possibly from 'WHOOPEE!']------these strips were very stark, but stylishly-drawn.

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I use your photo and will draw it on High Quality The Langton watercolour A4 paper and using Faber Castell black pencil.
Commissions in black and white I like to draw close ups of the pets face and body rather than drawing the whole pet.
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It was be presented mounted.
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